Prattling about the petty with great pique.

2005.10.18

Data bad! Data confuse government!

So in these times of deep cultural and economic divides across America, it would seem to be good policy to compile detailed, accurate data on how Americans live and work in the U.S. Naturally, the U.S. Senate thinks otherwise, and plans to reduce the U.S. Census Bureau budget, paring or eliminating, among other things:

On the bright side, once all this accurate data is dead and gone, there will be no more of these pesky weblog posts using data that say things like, "But ... but ... none of your policy initiatives are supported by actual facts or population trends. Or, you know ... actual facts! Or population trends!"